mothball

mothball

a small ball of camphor or naphthalene used to repel clothes moths in stored clothing, blankets, etc.

mothball

[′mȯth‚bȯl]

(ordnance)

Placing military equipment into a state of long storage.

mothball

A term used for preserving aircraft, equipment, parts, etc., when they are unlikely to be put in use for an extended period. The equipment is generally sealed and made moisture-proof to the extent possible.

The Swarland Brick Company, based near Rothbury, has revealed it is seeking to make most of its 30 staff redundant and to mothball its site due to what it calls the worst building recession since the 1940s.

We believe that a company such as SSI could provide a strong and certain future for Teesside and ensure that 150 years of proud steel production has not been ended by the incorrect decision by Corus to mothball the blast furnace.

Corus is to mothball its Redcar plant on Teesside with the loss of 1,700 jobs, the steel firm announced yesterday, despite a vigorous campaign to keep the plant open (inset): the firm says it lost pounds 130 million between April and September

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